Interviews

Family Business Relationship Challenges: Managing Boundaries

In this episode, Keith Michaelson and Don Opatrny of The Lovins Group introduce and discuss the first of six key challenges that couples face when they are part of a family business: managing boundaries.

Don and Keith walk us through why boundaries can be challenging for couples in the context of family business, the kinds of boundary conflicts that can occur—what they look like, how they can feel—and then offer some ideas and tools that can help couples begin to manage their boundary challenges.

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Enterprise Capital as a Competitive Advantage: An Interview with David Worth

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In this episode, David Worth sat down with Engaged Ownership associate, Nathaniel Squires, to discuss how his family’s enterprise, Worth Industries, has turned a simple strategic concept into a robust form of Enterprise Capital.

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Human Capital and Collaboration: An Interview with Jane Sommers-Kelly

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Trust | Listen | Respect

In this episode, Executive Leadership Coach Jane Sommers-Kelly speaks on her three-element approach to improving collaboration and tapping into Human Capital in teams and businesses: Trust, Listen, and Respect. You and your team can use this deceptively simple concept to tackle big questions, leverage untapped Human Capital, foster collaboration, and find solutions when solutions are hard to come by. Listen in to learn more.

The Conflict Equation: An Interview with Blair Trippe

Where does conflict come from? How can it be managed? Listen in as Amelia and Blair Trippe discuss Blair and Doug Baumoel’s exceptional book, Deconstructing Conflict: Understanding Family Business, Shared Wealth and Power. Based around “The Conflict Equation,” Deconstructing Conflict gets to the heart of conflict in family enterprises and how it can be identified and managed.

Family Business Intention: An Interview with Ken McCracken

Ken McCracken joins More at Stake: The Family Business Podcast to discuss the concept of Intention in family business ownership. Intention shapes the way a family interacts with its enterprise and has significant impact on how the family business system operates as a whole. Listen in to learn about this fascinating—and often overlooked—aspect of family enterprises.

Governing the Family Enterprise: An Interview with Dennis Jaffe

Dennis Jaffe joins More at Stake: The Family Business Podcast to discuss his latest publication, Governing the Family Enterprise: The Evolution of Family Councils, Assemblies and Constitutions.

Governing the Family Enterprise takes a look at what Dennis calls “generative families,” and how these extraordinary families are able to meet the challenges of the coming generations as they grow and become more complex.

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